Legitimate Timeshare Offer

I received an offer from a company in Chicago, Lakeview Property Management, to purchase our timeshare. Does anyone have any information or know anything about them? I know they are not listed in the BBB of Chicago, so no information there. Any information or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John

johnb1927 wrote:

I received an offer from a company in Chicago, Lakeview Property Management, to purchase our timeshare. Does anyone have any information or know anything about them? I know they are not listed in the BBB of Chicago, so no information there. Any information or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John

Scam, run as fast as you can .... what they'll do is ask you for a large upfront fee then you'll never hear from them again .... all they want is that upfront fee. Via a google search I can't find any company by that name.

Thank you for the timely response, did a little more search via google and found this-Thanks for the heads up.

ALSO IN CHICAGO: There appears to be another timeshare resale scam floating around that involves the wiring of funds to an “escrow” account in Mexico. The method and paperwork are identical to the fraud I detailed last week in the Mexico section of International News, only the names are different.

So why am I placing this in Chicago? Because the company involved, Lakeview Property Management, claims its address to be 330 N. State Street, Suite 842, Chicago, IL. There’s a problem with that, though. The only business at that address is a 10pin Bowling Lounge.

Another problem is that the company’s website claims Lakeview has been in business since 1991 (originally in Arizona) and bears a copyright date of 2010; but there is no corporation by that name registered in Arizona and the domain name for the website itself was not registered until Oct. 2012.

A quick look through the State of Illinois’ corporate records finds only one company by that name (an LLC) and that company was involuntarily dissolved in 2010. So at the very least it would appear that they are not licensed to do business in either Arizona or Illinois.

There are glowing testimonials on the site, too. Funny thing, though; they are identical to testimonials on at least 4 other timeshare resale-related websites (click on the screen capture at the left of a google search I made for one of those testimonials). Coincidentally(?), each of those 4 websites bears a strong resemblance to the other 3, though not to Lakeview Property Management’s website (except for those testimonials).

Very sloppy work, that, for all five websites. I may have to do some research into those other four companies, too.

The names I know of that are associated with Lakeview Property Management are:

John Pearson (Financial Director) Gary Willard (Project Director) Eric Lopez (Agent) Their website’s domain name is registered to Luis Alvarez in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.

They use BBVA-Bancomer for international electronic bank wire transfers, with the beneficiary being GRAND GROUP DI ALMARESCO SA DE CV. (with a Mexico City address). The beneficiary bank (where the money victims wire is deposited to be picked up by the representative of Grand Group di Almaresco) is a BBVA-Bancomer-Mexico bank in Puerto Vallarta.

This is a heads up for timesharers who own at Mexican resorts. If Lakeview Property Management or any other such company contacts you with a promise of a buyer for your timeshare (at a price far above its actual worth), be very suspicious! Nearly everything they’ll tell you will be a lie!

I got scammed by lakeview properties.But what i was wondering how can i get a hold of the banks so i could recall my wiring. I wished I would have look this up in the first place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! darlene

Has anyone received an offer to buy Mx time-share through Enterprise Corp. Services, Kansas City, Ka ?

Ruth Anne Hicks

rutha130 wrote:

Has anyone received an offer to buy Mx time-share through Enterprise Corp. Services, Kansas City, Ka ?

Ruth Anne Hicks

Many, many people have come on these boards wondering if these questionably sounding offers are legit, especially for timeshares in Mexico. Simply put, over 99% of these offers are scams.

If they phoned you unexpectedly, offered an unreasonably high amount for the sale (anything over $1000), and claimed that the sale was guaranteed, then you can be certain it is a scam.

We see and hear of this type of scam on these boards all the time. What these clowns will do is tell you that they've secured a buyer who's put a large deposit into escrow. Now, in order to complete the sale, you have to wire some money into escrow for some imaginary tax or fee. They claim that that money will be refunded to you when the paperwork is finalized.

After you wire them the money, they'll take off into oblivion with your money, disconnect all forms of communication you had with them, and you will be out all that money.

darlenea58 wrote:

I got scammed by lakeview properties.But what i was wondering how can i get a hold of the banks so i could recall my wiring. I wished I would have look this up in the first place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! darlene

I'm afraid you're out of luck .... one thing you can do is file a complaint with the attorney general in the state Lakeview Properties is located .... google for contact info .... you can file your complaint online.

Rule of thumb .... never ever send any entity an upfront fee that's cold called you out of the blue saying they've sold your timeshare or are offering to buy your timeshare .... they're all scams.